Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:17:14 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpt0 Message-ID: <19990213191714.53383@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902131303170.357-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 01:11:25PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902131303170.357-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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You need: controller ppbus0 # The ppbus system device nlpt0 at ppbus? # The printer driver And finally the parallel port chipset interface, controller ppc0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 drq 3 See ppbus(4) and/or http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ppbus.html for more info about the ppbus architecture. On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 01:11:25PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > >Recently I noticed that lpt0 has been replaced by the ppbus stuff, in >LINT. The problem is, I can't find any example as to how to set it up >for a plain, vanilla printer.... ppbus has so many more capabilities >than lp, I think it's embarrassed about it's dowdy origins. I don't >know what controller to use (ppbus0 or maybe ppc0?) and the old device, >lpt0, doesn't even exist in LINT anymore. > >I tried picking up the lines for ppbus0 and nlpt, which I guessed might >be right, from LINT, and dropping them into my config file. They >compile fine, but nothing is probed (my dmesg shows no printer) and I >can't print. > >What's the right setup for a plain, ordinary IRQ 7 printer port? >Please, don't answer if you're going to talk about connecting some >parallel interfaced thing like a zip drive. I can't seem to find any >docs on this, nor any mail messages (nothing in UPDATING either). There >is much discussion about things like zip drive connecting, though ... > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data >chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- nsouch@teaser.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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